51. Free-living flatworms like Planaria move by:
Answer: C. cilia on the undersides
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51. Free-living flatworms like Planaria move by:
Answer: C. cilia on the undersides
52. Asexual reproduction in flatworms is by:
Answer: B. fission
53. Most flatworms are:
Answer: B. monoecious
54. The liver fluke is:
Answer: C. Fasciola
55. Tapeworm is:
Answer: B. Taenia
56. The head of the tapeworm which attaches to the host intestine is the:
Answer: B. scolex
57. The body segments of tapeworm are called:
Answer: C. proglottids
58. Aschelminthes are commonly called:
Answer: B. roundworms (nematodes)
59. The body of roundworm is:
Answer: B. cylindrical and tapering at both ends
60. The body cavity of nematodes is a:
Answer: B. pseudocoelom
61. Most nematodes are:
Answer: B. dioecious
62. The muscular layer in nematodes is divided into:
Answer: B. four longitudinal quadrants
63. Ascaris lumbricoides is the intestinal parasite of:
Answer: B. man
64. Pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis) cause:
Answer: B. insomnia and loss of appetite
65. Mollusca means:
Answer: C. soft bodied animals
66. Molluscs are:
Answer: B. soft, unsegmented, coelomate, triploblastic and bilaterally symmetrical
67. The body of molluscs is divided into:
Answer: B. head, ventral muscular foot and dorsal visceral hump
68. The envelope that secretes the shell in molluscs is the:
Answer: C. mantle
69. The tongue-like rasping structure in molluscs is the:
Answer: D. radula
70. The larval stage of molluscs is:
Answer: B. trochophore
71. A pearl is formed by:
Answer: C. pearl oyster
72. The shell of freshwater mussels is used in:
Answer: B. button industry
73. Teredo, the shipworm, damages:
Answer: B. wooden parts of ships
74. Annelids are:
Answer: B. metamerically segmented worms with a true coelom
75. Earthworm is an example of:
Answer: C. Annelida
76. The scientific name of earthworm is:
Answer: C. Pheretima
77. Leech is:
Answer: C. Hirudo
78. The annelid circulatory system is:
Answer: B. closed
79. The coelom of annelids acts as a:
Answer: B. hydrostatic skeleton
80. Earthworm and leech are:
Answer: B. hermaphrodite
81. Nereis has:
Answer: B. separate sexes
82. Arthropoda means:
Answer: C. animals with jointed legs
83. The body of arthropods is covered by:
Answer: C. chitin
84. The coelom in arthropods is reduced and called:
Answer: B. haemocoel
85. The skeleton of arthropods is:
Answer: B. exoskeleton formed mainly of chitin
86. The sexes in arthropods are:
Answer: B. separate
87. Development in arthropods takes place through:
Answer: B. metamorphosis
88. Cyclops carries the larva of:
Answer: C. guinea worm
89. The honey bee produces:
Answer: B. honey and wax
90. Silk is produced by:
Answer: C. silkworm
91. Which insect is used in laboratories for genetic research?
Answer: B. Fruit fly (Drosophila)
92. Malaria is spread by:
Answer: B. mosquitoes
93. Echinodermata means:
Answer: B. spiny skinned animals
94. Echinoderms are exclusively:
Answer: C. marine
95. Adult echinoderms show:
Answer: B. radial symmetry
96. The locomotory organs of echinoderms are:
Answer: C. tube feet
97. The water vascular system of echinoderms is used in:
Answer: B. locomotion, attachment, gas exchange and feeding
98. The sieve-like plate connecting the water vascular system to outside is the:
Answer: B. madreporite
99. In echinoderms the mouth is on the:
Answer: B. oral side, and the anus is on the aboral side
100. Bipinnaria and brachiolaria are larvae of:
Answer: C. echinoderms (starfish)
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